Social Welfare Department has invited applications from talented SC boy students whose parents are engaged in hazardous and unhygienic jobs, for admission to 8th standard in Sri Ramakrishna Vidyashala in Yadavagiri. Admission will be based on an entrance test to be conducted by the Department. The eligible boy students can apply at the Department office.

University of Mysore, along with Consortium for Educational Communication, New Delhi and EMRC, Manasagangothri, is hosting a 2-Day National Seminar on the topic ‘Transforming Education for the Future Intelligent, Inclusive and Immersive Learning’ at Bahadur Institute of Management Studies (BIMS), Hunsur Road, on Mar. 16 and 17 at 10.30 am.

Karnataka Rajya Manava Hakkugala Rakshana Samithi will be felicitating the mothers and wives of soldiers serving in Indian Army to mark International Women’s Day celebrations to be held at Town Hall tomorrow (Mar. 14) at 11.30 am.  Addressing mediapersons at Pathrakarthara Bhavan, Samithi State President V.P.  Susheela said, Karnataka State Commission for Women Chairperson Dr….

H.P. Sumathi has been awarded Ph.D in Chemistry by the University of Mysore, Mysuru, for her thesis ‘Use of Innocuous Materials for Efficient and Effective Removal of some Nocuous Dyes from Water’ submitted under the guidance of Dr. N. Rajendra Prasad of JSS College, Mysuru.

The Social Welfare Department has extended the deadline for submission of entries for Dr. Babu Jagjivan Ram and Dr. B.R. Ambedkar State-level awards, to Mar. 15. Eligible personalities who have worked for the upliftment of SC/ST communities can apply. The earlier deadline was Mar. 10.

As part of International Women’s Day, Prajapita Brahma Kumaris Ishwariya Vishwa Vidyalaya, will be conducting a fancy dress contest for women at its premises located at ‘Jnana Prakash Bhavan, 3rd Main Road, Yadavagiri, near Akashavani  Circle, at 11 am tomorrow (Mar. 14) For details, contact Mob: 74833-61595 or 99002-64937.

Women Entrepreneur Chetana Jinadattarai will be feted at the International Women’s Day celebration organised by Rotary Club of Mysore Elite at its premises near Gobbali Mara in J.P. Nagar here at 6 pm today (Mar. 13), according to a press release.

As part of ‘Kathe Kelona Banni-923,’ Kalasuruchi has organised story-telling by Dr. A.R. Krishnamurthy, former Professor & Chairman, Department of Clinical Psychology, Kuvempu University, Shivamogga, at Suruchi Rangamane in Kuvempunagar on Mar. 14 from 4.30 pm to 5.30 pm. For details, contact Mob: 92435-81097 or 99459-43115.

Dr. Ghanta Ravikumar, a senior programme producer of University of Mysore’s EMRC (The Educational Multimedia Research Centre) has been appointed as the new  Acting Director of EMRC at Manasagangothri, according to a press release.

JSS Ayurveda Hospital, Lalithadripura Road, Mysuru, is conducting a camp for anal fissure and piles from Mar. 11 to 18 from 9.30 am to 4.30 pm. For details, contact Ph: 0821-2548231 or  Mob: 96635-91100.